Been obsessed with hollow knight since the big bang

Characters being horrible isn't the issue; the issue is that creators sometimes avoid holding them accountable for their actions because of personal favoritism. Watching characters act like assholes can be frustrating when the cast stays passive and does nothing about it. In some cases, the cast never fully acknowledge that the asshole is a terrible person; instead, they treat them as if they were far better than they actually are, showering them with undeserved kindness and support.

Creators will also vilify other characters for being rightfully angry, even forcing those characters to apologize despite not being in the wrong. When they’re desperate for you to like them, they’ll shove their trauma in your face in a poor attempt to make you care about them out of pity instead of making them an enjoyable, well-written character.

^^ statement made by a black person

Just wanna know your opinion on this. Personally, I feel like it generalizes the people who dislike Jax as a character.

"isn't perfect" "pushes people away" "bullies someone" see how they still refuse to call her what she is? "you can't handle complex characters!" and they can't even call an abuser an abuser.

this has always been the argument of fans who don't want to take a moment to understand why their favorite blorbo is being criticised. it's not about moral complexity or flaws. it's about the framing and narrative.

there are plenty of morally grey, complex and flawed trans characters who are still well-written. i've already talked about Alice Dyer from TMAGP (highly recommend, for those who haven't heard of it!) and there's also Lake from Infinity Train, who's not canonically trans (likely due to restrictions) but is very heavily nb/trans-coded.

both these characters are flawed and complex but the difference is that their actions are not justified or glorified by the narrative. in any situation where they've hurt people, it's not played off as a joke.

there's also, of course, the matter of stereotypes too. surely Gooseworx, as a trans woman, should know about the false stereotypes and propaganda trans people, transfems especially, get saddled with. especially in this political climate, it is just extremely tone deaf to create a trans character who is openly an abuser who sexually harasses her victims i.e. cis women.

it's not that trans characters can't be flawed or portray any negative emotions. it's just about being wary of what you write. Jax almost feels like an offensive caricature of trans woman, and the fact that the finale doubled down on this by showing her having sexual fantasies of Gangle is just inexcusable.

it's the same with any stereotypes. it's fine to write flawed black characters, but making them the typical "aggressive black man" or "angry black woman" is questionable. it's okay to write asian characters who are soft-natured but if you veer too much into the "submissive asian" archetype, that's problematic.

Fans harassed Dana Terrance for confirming Frankie as a cisgender woman; for Kei Urana, it was because she said she was disinterested in shipping. JJK fans were threatening to harm Gege Akutami for killing off Gojo, and BNHA fans harassed Kohei Horikoshi for making Izuocha canon.

『 Psychopomp 』

Inspired by Souls on the Banks of the Acheron by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl

Alt route scenario - Crewmates locking the fuck in